A piece on the BBC website. As we’d expect from the BBC, the headline makes no mention of the sex of the teacher, or that alleged victims were of both sexes:
“Teacher accused of child sex offences granted bail”
The Telegraph (£) covers the story, and – despite a mention in the article that one of the alleged victims was a boy – has a headline that references only the female victims:
“Female PE teacher sexually abused schoolgirls, court told”
Also this in the article:
“During the short hearing, Ms James, wearing a cream two-piece outfit…”.
Can you imagine the following if the alleged abuser were a man?
“During the short hearing, Mr James, wearing a dark blue suit…”.
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